The Commodore Vanderbilt was to the Twentieth
Century Limited what the Pennsy's General
was to the Broadway Limited—a secondary backup
train which nevertheless could have qualified as a premium train on
most other railroads. At the time of this schedule, the Commodore
Vanderbilt was an all-Pullman train as well—although the
westbound Advance Commodore Vanderbilt did in
fact carry a coach between New York City and Chicago.

From
the pages of
the
Official Guide, May 1948

The Commodore Vanderbilt
The Advance Commodore
Vanderbilt

New York
Central System
April 25, 1948

65

67

Train Number

66

68

Daily

Daily

Miles

Services

Daily

Daily

3 15P

3 45P

Dp

0.0

New York, NY (Grand Central Tml.)
(ET)

C R

Ar

7 05A

8 25A

R 4 01P

R 4 31P

32.7

Harmon, NY

C

D 6 07A

D 7 26A

F 5 18P

72.8

Poughkeepsie, NY

C

F 5 55P

142.2

Albany, NY

C R

F 6 23P

159.1

Schenectady, NY

C R

7 42P

236.8

Utica, NY

C

7 59P

250.6

Rome, NY

C

8 40P

289.6

Syracuse, NY

C R

D 1 30A

10 06P

369.9

Rochester, NY

C R

11 15P

Ar

435.9

Buffalo, NY (Central
Terminal)

C R

11 20P

Dp

4 05A

D 4 24A

727.6

Toledo, OH (ET)

C

R 6 15P

R 7 38P

F 5 10A

860.6

Elkhart, IN (CT)

C

R 3 18P

R 4 40P

F 5 33A

F 5 45A

875.7

South Bend, IN

C

F 2 54P

902.4

La Porte, IN

C

F 2 34P

F 6 30A

935.0

Gary, IN

C

F 2 03P

D 7 00A

D 7 25A

954.5

Englewood, IL

R 1 44P

R 3 14P

7 15A

7 40A

Ar

961.2

Chicago, IL (La Salle St. Sta.)
(CT)

C R

Dp

1 30P

3 00P

Through
Sleeper New York-San Francisco (Alternate
Days-See Note)

39

Connecting Train Number
(Burlington-D. & R. G. W.-W. P.)

40

1
30P

Dp

0

Chicago, IL (Union Sta.) (CT)

C R M

Ar

9 45A

8 20A

Ar

1034

Denver, CO (MT)

T C R

Dp

1
00P

7 25A

Ar

1604

Salt Lake City, UT (MT)

T C

Dp

8
00P

7 50A

Ar

2525

Oakland, CA (PT)

C

Dp

6
45P

8 50A

Ar

2532

San Francisco, CA (via ferry)
(PT)

T C

Dp

6
00P

Through
Sleeper New York-Los Angeles (Alternate Days Eastbound-See Note)

1

Connecting Train Number
(Various RR's—See Notes)

4

0

Chicago, IL (La Salle St.
Sta.) (CT)

T C R

Ar

11 30A

510

Kansas City, MO (Union Sta.)
(CT)

T C

Dp

1 10A

1124

Tucumcari, NM (MT)

T C

Dp

1 05P

1916

Phoenix, AZ (MT)

T C R

Dp

10 03P

2340

Los Angeles, CA (Union Psgr.
Tml) (PT)

T C R

Dp

12 30P

12
01P

Dp

0

Chicago, IL (North Western
Sta.) (CT)

T C R

9
00P

Ar

488

Omaha, NE (CT)

T C

5
25P

Ar

1514

Salt Lake City, UT (MT)

T C

2 05A

Ar

1964

Las Vegas, NV (PT)

T C

10 40A

Ar

2299

Los Angeles, CA (Union Psgr.
Tml) (PT)

T C R

NOTE:
California observes Daylight Savings time during this
time period. Local time in California is one hour later than shown here.

NOTE: Train 65 does not carry checked
baggage.

NEW
YORK CENTRAL SYSTEMThe Water Level Route—You Can SleepPULLMAN, COACH AND DINING CAR SERVICE EASTBOUNDRegularly assigned cars are air-conditioned.
Air-conditioned equipment is assigned as far as possible but the right
is reserved to employ
non air-conditioned cars as necessitated by volume of traffic or
emergencies.

It might appear as though the New York Central was
shortchanging
important secondary cities such as Cleveland, Albany and Buffalo, but
fear not. During this time period there was a wealth of mid-tier trains
targeted directly at these intermediate markets. The Central was free
to market its premium trains directly to the New York to Chicago
traffic—and it did.

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with intent
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